The main character of the show. Takaya is the 2nd son of the Aiba family and was captured along with them by the Radam and set to become a full Tekkaman until his father saved him and had him launched to Earth. The incomplete biological engineering allowed him to transform into a being hell-bent on the Radam's destruction, the titular Tekkaman Blade. With his memories not actually lost to him, he joined the Space Knights to defeat the Radam (getting the nickname D-Boy) and ultimately succeeds, but not without great sacrifice. Eventually however, the bonds he made with the Space Knights heal his trauma and he begins assisting his girlfriend Aki in training a new generation of good Tekkamen.

Miyuki Aiba/Tekkaman Rapier/Shara Carter

Voiced By: Yuuko Mizutani (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)

D-Boy's sister and the youngest member of his family, Miyuki was part of the Argos crew. She has a very close relationship to her brother.

Break the Cutie: At the age of sixteen, she finds herself, her family and friends taken over by a parasitic alien species, is forced to undergo horrific pain as a result of the tekkaman transformation process, all the while seeing how other crew members are slowly being drained and killed by the Radam plants for reasons of incompatibility. Then she escapes to Earth, hounded by her brother, and manages to see D-Boy one last time, fully knowing that she is dying. And then it gets worse.

Collateral Angst: For D-Boy, who was very close to her. His relief at getting a beloved member of his family back from the Radam turns to despair when he finds out that she doesn't have long to live.

Deconstruction: What happens when an innocent girl is called a monster by the people that she saved?

Aki Kisaragi/Star Summers

Aki is a member of the Space Knights and the co-pilot of the spaceship Blue Earth.

Action Girl: Is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, an excellent pilot and pretty handy with a gun.

Badass Adorable: Overlaps with Badass Normal; she might be The Chick, but early on the series she is said to be the physically strongest of the Space Knights, with the exception of D-Boy, so much that she's confident enough to challenge D-Boy to spar with her after throwing a guy larger than her.

Beware the Nice Ones: She punched D-Boy in the face after he snarked at her attempt to make him eat something and would have shot a wounded Shinya if D-Boy hadn't stopped her.

Brainy Brunette: Certainly qualifies in both intelligence and common sense. Aside her physical skills (combat, piloting) she is also responsible for the collection and analysis of Radam data.

Noal Vereuse/Ringo Richards

Voiced By: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese), Kerrigan Mahan (English)

A member of the Space Knights, Noal is a laid-back, flirty young man who abandoned a career in the military in order to fulfill his dream of being a pilot. Initially antagonistic towards D-Boy, he ends up becoming one of his most loyal companions. He's a bit of a card shark and a gambler, and tends to be a bit overconfident and hot-tempered at times.

You Remind Me of X: Her similarity with D-Boys' sister is one of the reason that she's the first person that can talk casually with D-Boy

Heinrich von Freeman/Commander Jameson

Voiced By: Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese), Michael Forest (English)

Formerly the assistant of General Colbert, Freeman is now the commander and chief of the Space Knights. He uses his intellect, leadership skills and his ability to keep a cool head under pressure to help and protect his team and most importantly, to find a way to turn the tables in humanity's favor in the war against the Radam.

Honda/Mac Macelroy

Voiced By: Shouzou Iizuka (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)

Honda is the man to call when you need something built good and fast. He is Pegas' co-constructor and the Blue Earths' main repair engineer is one of the persons whom the Space Knights rely on to get them off the ground.

Pegas

Voiced By: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Tom Wyner (English)

Pegas is a robot designed and created by the Space Knights' engineers for the purpose of enabling D-Boy/Blade to transform into a Tekkaman after his crystal shattered. He also serves as a bodyguard, transportation method and battle aid for Blade and the two eventually become friends in spite of Pegas being a robot.

Heroic Sacrifice: During the final battle with Tekkaman Omega, Pegas protects Blade from what would have been a killing blow and is destroyed in the process. His last words are a farewell to Blade.

Single Tear: An unusual example in that Pegas is a robot who displays no emotion over the course of the series... except at the end, when a single oil tear falls from his eye when he says goodbye to Blade.

Fantastic Racism: To extremes at time, even treating the hero like a bastard traitor to his own race simply for being a Tekkaman even though he obviously is one Colbert's side (i.e.- he wants the Radam dead as much as said General does)

Kouzu Aiba/Ulysses Carter

Patriarch of the Aiba family, he rescues his second-eldest son from the Radam, launching him in an escape pod to earth, before dying from the after-effects of a failed transformation.

Badass Normal: He is a scholar who managed to become the head of an important space exploration mission, and his marksmanship skills are nothing to scoff at. Add to that the fact that on top of all of this, he managed to raise four children on his own after his wife died and you get a pretty impressive picture.

Bold Explorer: Embarks together with his entire family on an ambitious voyage to explore space.

Shinya Aiba/Cain Carter/Tekkaman Evil/Teknoman Saber

Always Second Best: Or so he thinks; he and Takaya seemed about equal, from the scenes shown in flashbacks. In fact, Takaya mentions how he could never beat Shinya because his brother practiced every day and always kept himself in perfect shape. Shinya's inferiority complex stems from his fear that if his brother worked as hard as he did, he would win against him.

Determinator: Since he was young, he was always completely focused on winning every competition against his brother. After his corruption by the Radam, he channels his determination into killing Blade.

Driven by Envy: He was envious of the affection and recognition received by his brother.

Environmental Symbolism: When Takaya visits his family home, he enters the rooms of his younger siblings. Miyuki's room is intact while Shinya's room is completely overtaken by Radam plants, mirroring his corruption by the aliens.

Green-Eyed Monster: He expresses jealousy over Blade's relationship with Aki, and in their younger days he is shown to have been unhappy with the attention his more outgoing, popular brother received, as seen in the school race scene.

Kingpin in His Gym: One episode shows him doing one-handed push-ups while listening to classical music.

Knight of Cerebus: While the plot is already dark, essentially his appearance is where the show gets real.

Rival Turned Evil: Since he was a young boy, Shinya was very competitive because he felt like the unfavorite child. He believed that every single member of his family liked his twin brother better because of his cheerful and upbeat personality, and even though he always beat Takaya in every competition, he always feared that if Takaya would really set his mind to it, he would win.

Starter Villain: The very first evil Tekkaman we meet, who proves to be a foe to be reckoned with. Not only does he nearly kill Blade during their first encounter, but he sets two traps in which Blade falls - the first costs him his crystal, effectively nullifying him as a threat to the Radam, and the second nearly gets him killed.

Wounded Gazelle Gambit: He sent a distressed signal to Earth pretending to be a survivor hiding in the Orbital Ring in order to lure Blade to him. It worked.

Goddard/Tekkaman Axe

Voiced By: Shimaka Yuu (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)

Once a close friend of Blade's family and his former martial arts mentor, Tekkaman Axe becomes a very dangerous opponent thanks to his skill, experience and knowledge of Blade's character and past.

Cool Teacher: An expert in electronics with a passion for martial arts, he trained both twins and acted as a mentor for Shinya. At one point, Shinya mentions that he used to spend more time around him than with his own family.

Genius Bruiser: The first Radam Tekkaman who tries to convert Blade to his side through emotional manipulation.

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